Research Catalog

Title

Harry Belafonte portrait collection [graphic].

Publication

<1955?-1980?>

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Andrews, Bert.
• Hughes, Rheta.
• Cooper, Harold T.
• Benners, Aubrey S.
• Martin, Richard A.
• Campbell, James C.
• Layne, Cecil.
• Koss, Barry.
• Morris, George.
• Artkor Studios (New York, N.Y.)
• United Press International.
• Merrick-Shefrin Company.
• M. Associates.
• Curt Clemons Foto.
• A. Hansen Studio (New York, N.Y.)
• RCA Victor Records.

Description

• <1> photoprint : col.; 13 x 17 cm.
• <15> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• <35> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

Views of singer, actor and producer Harry Belafonte which include studio portraits, production stills and publicity stills taken mostly during the 1960s; includes shots taken during tv and stage performances; group portraits taken at a variety of fund-raising events, award ceremonies and other social occasions; views of Belafonte wives, Marquerite and Julie and unidentified children.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

• Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023
• Silver gelatin photoprints
• African American actors
• Theatrical productions
• Rewards & prizes
• African American singers
• Arrivals & departures
• Group portraits
• Producers > United States
• Paul Robeson Award
• Stevenson, Adlai E (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
• Belafonte, Marguerite
• Proofs
• Wooding, Hugh
• Como, Perry, 1912-2001
• Handy, W. C (William Christopher), 1873-1958
• African American motion picture actors and actresses
• Belafonte, Julie
• Bates, Daisy
• Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
• Portrait photographs
• African American entertainers
• Scott, Leslie
• Bikel, Theodore

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs.
• Group portraits.
• Proofs.
• Silver gelatin photoprints.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Photographers include Bert Andrews, A. Hansen Studio, James C. Campbell and others.
• Some images contain descriptive information; some images have been cropped.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Belafonte, Harry

OCLC

NYPG085000242-F

Title

Harry Belafonte portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1955?-1980?>

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Added Author

Andrews, Bert. Photographer

Hughes, Rheta. Photographer

Cooper, Harold T. Photographer

Benners, Aubrey S. Photographer

Martin, Richard A. Photographer

Campbell, James C. Photographer

Layne, Cecil. Photographer

Koss, Barry. Photographer

Morris, George. Photographer

Artkor Studios (New York, N.Y.)

United Press International.

Merrick-Shefrin Company.

M. Associates.

Curt Clemons Foto.

A. Hansen Studio (New York, N.Y.)

RCA Victor Records.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Belafonte, Harry